Crane Students to Perform Under the Baton of Internationally Celebrated Artist JoAnn Falletta

SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music will host renowned conductor JoAnn Falletta and guest soloists Elizabeth Caballero, Charles Reid and Kevin Deas as they appear in concert with the Crane Symphony Orchestra and the Crane Chorus on Saturday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m. in Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall. They will perform Francis Poulenc’s “Gloria” and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “The Bells.” A pre-concert lecture will be given by Dr. Gary Busch at 6:30 p.m. in Wakefield Recital Hall.

Falletta is the 2017 Dorothy Albrecht Gregory Visiting Conductor. The partnership of the Dorothy Albrecht Gregory Visiting Conductor Fund, established by Dorothy Albrecht Gregory ‘61, and the Adeline Maltzan Crane Chorus Performance Tour Fund, brings distinguished conductors to The Crane School of Music for festival performances by the Crane Chorus and Crane Symphony Orchestra and provides travel funding for major performances outside of Potsdam.

This event is free and open to the public. There is no cost for the concert, but tickets must be reserved by calling The Community Performance Series Box Office at 315-267-2277.

This concert will be broadcast live on the SUNY Potsdam website at the performance time. To view the program and see other upcoming streaming performances, visit http://www.potsdam.edu/academics/Crane/streaming.

For more information about SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music, please visit http://www.potsdam.edu/crane.

The concert is part of the LoKo Festival of the Arts, a ten-day arts and cultural celebration on SUNY Potsdam’s campus featuring a variety of performances, workshops and other special events. For more information about the LoKo Festival of the Arts visit: http://www.potsdam.edu/loko.